I thought it would be interesting to hear the different names people call the same fish around the country. I put the proper name first on each line below, followed by variations and the region I've heard this from (if applicable).

Striped Bass, striper, rock bass (Virginia area)

Menhaden, Pogie (NY), bunker (NY)

Crappie, calico bass (southern New England)

Sunfish, bluegill, pumpkinseeds (NY), kivver (southern New England)

Largemouth bass, bucketmouth, LMB

Smallmouth bass, rock bass

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Schrod is a market term for Cod/haddock under 2.5 or 3 pounds ( I'm not sure which). An old timer gillnetter I used to work with stated that scrod=cod while schrod=haddock. Probably some either regional or lost differentiation.

My favoroite common name fiasco has to be the epic of the goliath grouper which was formerly known as the jewfish. The fish and game folks changed the name for politically correct reasons (ala northern pike minnow formerly known as the "squawfish"). The locals now refer to this fish as the goliath jewfish.

The yankee fish 'squeteague' are weaks in the mid-atlantic and spotted trout down south. Albies are bonita in Florida, bonito probably are bonita too but I don't think anyone notices down there since they're marlin bait. We call 'em bones in New England but everywhere else a bone is a bone, not a 'nita. Snapper, chopper, slammer - a blue whether you like 'em or not.

Brookie = squaretail
smallie=bronzeback
crayfish=crawdad
Oh, and what the hell is a bream?
Also, those random little white fish I catch all of the time in our Vermont streams (more than trout) - what are they? Fallfish? Dace? Chubs?

Also, those random little white fish I catch all of the time in our Vermont streams (more than trout) - what are they? Fallfish? Dace? Chubs?

They're fallfish most likely--but a friend of mine rechristened them "royal trout" after one long day of catching nothing else . . . it sounded much more impressive in the bar that evening . . .

Another good fish name is speckled trout, which is used for a host of different species in different areas. In Maine, brookies are often called speckled trout. In other areas, I think some saltwater fish (weakfish maybe?) are called speckled trout.